Candle-holder for christmas-trees



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G. REINHARDT. CANDLE HOLDER FOR CHRISTMAS TREES.

No. 420,607. Patented Feb 4,1890.

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OHRISTOPH REINHARDT, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CANDLE-HOLDER FOR CHRISTMAS-TREES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,607, dated February4, 1890.

Application filed September 25, 1889. Serial No. 325 067. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHRisTorH REINI-IARDT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCandle-Holders for Christmas-Trees; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a comparatively inexpensivecandle-holder for christmastrees, capable of being easily and quicklyattached to and removed from the branches of such trees by means of aspringactuated clasp secured to said candle-holder.

The invention consists in the improved candle-holder and in thecombination and arrangement of the parts thereof, as hereinafter setforth and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent a side elevationand a sectional view, respectively, of a candle-holder embodying myimprovements. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring shown in Figs.1 and 2. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 represent a modified form of my improvement,Fig. 5 being a section through line y of Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts wherever they occur.

Referring to said drawings, the lettersAB indicate thecandle-receptacle, which is made and formed of a thin piece of sheet-tinA, preferably circular in shape, from which three or four fingers B arebent upward to grasp and hold the candle. Said fingers are formed bycutting in the plate or diskA two slits-say about three-sixteenths orone-fourth of an inch apart and extending from the pe riphery to withina short distance from the center of said plate or disk-and then bendingthe severed portions 13 upward, as will be readily understood uponreference to the drawings.

The spring-clasp C is clearly shown in the several figures of thedrawings, and a detailed description thereof is deemed unnecessary. Saidspring-clasp is attached to the candleholder by means of a loop (1,formed on the bottom side of the plate or disk A by making two incisionsin the central portion of said plate about a quarter of an inch apartand bending the severed portion outward and passing the spring-claspthrough the loop formed thereby, as will be understood upon reference toFigs. 1, 2, 4, and 5.

It will be observed that the parts A, B, and cl are formed from the onepiece of metal and are integral. The plate or disk I usually corrugate,which imparts a good finish and is easily and cheaply done, as it is cutand stamped into shape by means of suitable tools or dies.

, Having thus described my invention, What I

